WEST AMWELL TWP. — Posting vacation plans on Facebook apparently led to a break-in and the arrest of a 36-year-old West Amwell man on burglary and theft charges.

Steven Pieczynski of Goat Hill Road was charged following an investigation into a burglary on Sept. 27 in Newtown, Pa.

According to the county Prosecutor’s Office, neighbors noticed a suspicious vehicle that evening, wrote down a license plate number and called police when they heard about the break-in.

Newtown police contacted the county Prosecutor’s Office, which executed a search warrant at Pieczynski’s home. Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony Kearns said today that “significant proceeds” of burglaries were found and the investigation is continuing. Charges in Hunterdon are pending.

Pieczynski was arrested while at work in Pennsylvania and taken to the Bucks County jail. He posted bail and was released.

Kearns said, “I commend the neighbors who were vigilant and recorded the vehicle information leading to the arrest of the defendant. At the same time, I want to take this opportunity to remind people to never post their vacation plans on any Internet website.”

He said that it appeared that Pieczynski only learned of the vacation plans via Facebook.